- Install Linux on Windows with WSL
You can now install everything you need to run WSL with a single command. Open PowerShell or Windows Command Prompt in administrator mode by right-clicking and selecting “Run as administrator”, enter the wsl –install command, then restart your machine.
wsl –install
Restart and continue with setup
Before installing the first LAMP component, ensure the package list on the system is up to date. In the terminal, type:
sudo apt update
Now, to install the Lamp server, we can use the below given single command on WSL Linux instead of issuing one by one for each service to get configured on the system.
sudo apt install lamp-server^
add these 2 lines in /etc/apache2/apache2.conf :
Servername localhost
AcceptFilter http none
sudo nano /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
Start service
sudo service apache2 start
Check if Apache installed correctly by checking the Apache service status:
sudo service apache2 status
Next, make sure that the UFW firewall contains the Apache profiles by typing in the following command:
sudo ufw app list
Ensure the Apache Full profile allows the traffic on ports 80 and 443 by running the command:
sudo ufw app info “Apache Full”
Run command to see ip in use
ip address
Now you can verify on you windows pc that Appache is running
Test PHP Processing on Web Server. Create a file in the web root directory by typing the following command:
sudo nano /var/www/html/info.php
Add conntent
<?php phpinfo (); ?>
Save file.
Verify from your Windows PC host
If you would like to add Midnight Commander then you need to enable the universe repository:
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<strong>sudo add-apt-repository universe</strong> |
and then install mc:
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<strong>sudo apt install mc </strong> |